Monday, May 17, 2021

Images from the Front Yard


I spent a few early mornings in my front yard capturing images of bees, flowers, and (finally!) hummingbirds with my Canon EOS R6 and Canon 24-240 and Tamron 100-400mm lenses.



See the bee on the left?  He has a green tint and that came from the very green Brazilian Pepper Tree to his right.










Only one morning was I lucky enough to get images of hummingbirds.   Then in post processing, I had to go in and clean up the images in Photoshop.   I also used Lightroom and Luminar ai.




Until My Next Adventure,

See you on down the road,

Jim Patterson


Click the photo below to see all the images I captured from my front yard in north Phoenix…




Friday Night at the Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek



Friday night and Cave Creek, especially the Buffalo Chip, is OPEN!   



It's time to enjoy some bull riding with hundreds of my closest unmasked friends.



Sadly, the "Chip" sold out of VIP tickets, but I hear that is common.   So a bunch of us sat in the bleachers.   Still saw some find action.   

The photo on the right:  a little cowboy pulling up his britches like the big cowboys.  


Until My Next Adventure,

See you on down the road,

Jim Patterson

















Click the photo below to see all the images from the bull riding at the Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek, Arizona…


Arizona Gunfighters Visit Cave Creek Arizona



The Arizona Gunfighters came back to Cave Creek with their real show (not a rehearsal like a few weeks earlier).



They re-enacted famous gunfights from Dodge City and of course Tombstone and the OK Corral.



I captured all images with the Canon EOS R6 and the Tamron 70-200mm lens.   If I had to do it over again, I would have used the Tamron 24-70 since I was able to get closer than I thought. 



Post processing in Lightroom and Photoshop and a few also with Luminar ai.   



Until My Next Adventure,

See you on down the road,

Jim Patterson





Click the photo below to see all the images from the Arizona Gunfighters in Cave Creek, Arizona…